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Barry Mann

Singer and songwriter Barry Mann – born Barry Imberman on February 9, 1939 – is best known as one-half of a successful songwriting team with his wife Cynthia Weil. He began his musical career as both a performer and a songwriter. He achieved his first taste of success co-writing the Top 20 hit “She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)” for the Diamonds in 1959 and “I Love How You Love Me,” a number 5 hit for the Paris Sisters in 1961. As a performer, he scored a Top 40 hit in 1961 with the novelty rock / doo-wop song “Who Put the Bomp,” which became almost as classic as the doo-wop songs it paro...